Charles, David

Definition in Greek Philosophy - Oxford Oxford University Press 2013 - 556p

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Plato on Definition
Carried away in the Euthyphro..........31
Explanation and Essence in Plato`s Phaedo................62
The paradox in the Meno and Aristotle`s Attempts to Resolve it......................115
Definition and division in Plato`s Sophist........151
Division and Definition in Plato`s Sophist and Stateman................172
2. Aristotle on Definition
Aristotle on Essence and defining -Phrase in his Dialectic ..............203
Nominal Definition in Aristotle .............252
Definition and explanation in the Posterior Analytics and Metaphisics...........286
Bios and Explanatory unity in Aristotle`s Biology..............329
3. Post-Aristotelian writers on Definition
The stocis on Definition .......450
Essence and cause in Plotinus Ennead VI.7....................467
Sceptical Enquiry............493

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N56 / C380